National Anthem

«Everyone should feel afraid at least once in their life. Not uneasy, not nervous nor disquiet. Properly scared. That kind of terror that makes knees weak and the stomach frozen, tongue heavy and neck hurting. Every muscles and nerve of your body set alight by the certainty of immediate doom. Even after the danger passes, even after you are safe, the feeling sticks to your skin like glue, and you can never wash it off your body.One either drowns in it, or does it justice.No one who’s never been hungry could describe the true taste of food. Similarly, only those who’ve found themselves without power understand its true meaning.»[Or: Scaeva gets re-elected consul after the Kingmaker's rebellion and builds a bridge of boats to celebrate and taunt. Because that's what any normal person would do, obviously]